[AT] Now NC twisters: was Mina problem

[Ralph Goff]

On 4/19/2011 5:24 PM, Grant Brians wrote:
> On April 7th we had a freak Thunderstorm here in the Santa Clara Valley of
> California. Normally we rarely get thunderstorms and we only get hail once
> in a while. During that day, at two of the ranches I farm about half a mile
> apart (but not at the other two ranches, one of which was less than three
> miles away as the crow flies) we received 5 separate periods of hail. In
> total about an inch of hail fell as part of the total 1.2" of precipitation
> during the 5 hour time period.
>
That is bad news. I'm guessing nobody carries crop/hail insurance there? 
It is part of my yearly expenses here paying hail insurance premiums. 
Hail seems to have its favorite areas to pass through from what we have 
seen historically here. I'm lucky to be in an area where it does not 
often cause crop damage although there have been some memorable 
exceptions. On our crops we can get bad hail with high percentage damage 
payout and if it is early enough in the year, the crop can still recover 
and produce a fair yield. Often it is too late and frost will hit it 
before maturity.

Ralph in Sask.